https://leader.pubs.asha.org/article.aspx?articleid=2624734FDA Shuts Down Manufacturer of Autism ‘Drugs’The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shut down operations of Louisiana-based Pick and Pay Inc./Cili Minerals, a manufacturer of drugs and dietary supplements, after finding it was falsely marketing products as being able to treat autism and other conditions. A U.S. district judge issued the order after the ...2017-05-01T00:00:00News in Brief

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has shut down operations of Louisiana-based Pick and Pay Inc./Cili Minerals, a manufacturer of drugs and dietary supplements, after finding it was falsely marketing products as being able to treat autism and other conditions.

A U.S. district judge issued the order after the FDA found that the company improperly manufactured and distributed drugs and dietary supplements and claimed products could treat everything from autism to epilepsy, brain injury, bipolar disorder and cancer—despite having no FDA approval for any drugs for any use. The company’s website, for example, claimed that PoLith and Lithium could address autism.